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- ↑ Campbell, Sonia (17 November 2006), "TV role brings remote issue home - Actor nurses award hopes", The Cairns Post
- ↑ "Indigenous insight to the spirit world", The Australian, 30 November 2013
- ↑ Kellner, Lydia (8 November 2013), "Cape York drama a breeze compared with role of motherhood", Townsville Bulletin
- ↑ Armistead, Jane (19 July 2014), "Townsville-born actress Merwez Whaleboat talks about ghost stories and her role in The Darkside", Townsville Bulletin
- ↑ Cockrell, Eddie (22 June 2019), "Torres tales set record Strait", The Australian
- ↑ Dickie, Madeline (12 June 2019), "A Torres Strait tapestry for the telly", National Indigenous Times
- ↑ Menehira, Hazel (14 November 2007), "Merwez gives book a taste of Strait verse", Torres News